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F-5. PLACEMENT/ADVANCEMENT
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Value Statement:
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To ensure market competitive salaries, the compensation program will determine salaries based
upon a placement system that recognizes the education and work experiences of employees.
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[1] Faculty shall be placed in an experience step and educational level appropriate to their background.
Thus the President shall establish rules so that faculty will receive:
[a] One experience step of placement credit for each year of relevant full-time experience, with a limit of
10 steps at initial placement. The President may set equivalence rules for part-time experience.
[b] The level appropriate to their relevant educational background as specified on the salary scale. The
President may set equivalence rules by which a portion of relevant non-teaching work experience may be
counted as educational-level equivalent rather than as experience.
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[2] Non-faculty permanent regular employees shall be placed, as shown in the staffing table, in a salary
grade appropriate to their job responsibilities and in a position and market-based compensation levels, and
at a salary step appropriate to their experience. Accordingly, for such employees:
[a] Initial p Placement credit for each full-time-equivalent year of relevant previous paid work experience
above the minimum requirements for their current job shall be no less than one-half step and no more than
one step, with a limit of 10 steps; the minimum of the salary range and no more than the midpoint of the
salary range for the appropriate grade level.
[b] Employees advance one step for each year of satisfactory performance, up to the top step of their grade.
within the salary range based upon the Board approved annual increase.
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[3] Board approval, preferably as part of the budget process, is required for changes in administrative rules
on placement if they would change costs by more than $100,000/year.
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